Causes Of Grey Hair

It is completely normal for people to
people to begin to grow grey hair in their life. This happens to most
people around the age of 40. Not necessarily every person will begin
to grow grey hair around this age. There are many different factors
that can effect when a person's hair begins to grey.

There are a lot of methods that can be
found online for preventing or curing grey hair. While outright
curing gray hair is unrealistic you may be able to find methods to
slow the process or to cover it up.

There are many causes of grey hair. The
ancients believed that grey was caused by the growth of wisdom. While
this may be true in a backwards sense, it is not the explanation that
is accepted today. Today we know that the follicles of the hair begin
to lose the ability to create the colored pigment in the hair. This
pigment is called melanin. There are stem cells at the base of the
hair follicle that grow into cells called melanocytes. Melanocytes
are responsible for the creation of the pigment in both skin and
hair. When the stem cells that create melanocytes begin to die, which
happens as when we get older, our hair begins to turn grey.

There are many factors that can cause
hair to begin to grey before they are naturally supposed to.
Premature grey hair can be caused by a number of things including
heredity, smoking, stress, anxiety levels, and drug use. If you are
worried about greying hair and you smoke you might consider stopping
smoking. As you probably know smoking has a negative effect on your
overall health as well.

There are also genetic traits that can
be inherit that cause premature greying of the hair. This can even
cause some people to have grey or white hair in childhood. There are
two genes that are likely responsible for the process of hair
graying. These are Bxl2 and Bxl-w.

A few things can be done to slow or
prevent the greying of hair. It is wishful thinking however to think
that you will never get gray hair. You can delay this process by
avoiding stress and tension. While this may not be possible because
the pace of modern life can be extremely stressful there are a few
things you can do. The two main ones are good sleeping and eating
habits. These will not only lessen your chance of premature grey
hair, but they will also improve the general quality of your life.